4.1. Understanding Spock from the ground up
At the lowest level, a Spock test method is highly characterized by its individual blocks. This term is used for the code labels inside a test method. You’ve already seen the given-when-then blocks multiple times in the previous chapters, as shown in the following listing.
Listing 4.1. Spock blocks inside a test method
Apart from the given-when-then blocks, Spock offers several other blocks that express different test semantics. The full list is shown in table 4.1.
Table 4.1. Available Spock blocks
|
Spock block |
Description |
Expected usage |
|---|---|---|
| given: | Creates initial conditions | 85% |
| setup: ... |
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